Why the hidden world of fungi is essential to life on Earth
By Merlin Sheldrake, The Guardian blog
We are unthinkable without fungi, yet seldom do we think about them. It is an ignorance we can’t afford to sustain.
Fermentation as Metaphor: Excerpt
By Sandor Katz, Resilience.org
The only thing that makes do-it-yourself fermentation radical is context: our contemporary system of food mass production, which is unsustainable in so many ways.
Harnessing Food Waste to Empower Communities in Brazil
By Agostino Petroni, YES! magazine
In 2011, Tchelly gave her first course on how to cook with food scraps to six other housekeepers in her slum, which led her to create a social enterprise called Favela Organica.
How one Swedish city grew the commons by foodsharing during the pandemic
By Naomi Lipke, Shareable
Solikyl aims to create the latter, a food commons, where food is seen as a shared resource through social practice rather than as a private good.
Rescuing civilization dirt cheap
By Donovan C. Wilkin, Resilience.org
Society must be made aware of the fact that destruction of the world’s soil organic matter is an existential threat to civilization every bit as immediate and serious as climate change or oil depletion.
Livestock and food security: A contested relationship
By Robert Barbour, Sustainable Food Trust
How are we going to feed an increasingly hungry planet, without crippling the life support systems on which we depend? It’s an existentially important question, the solution to which will require action on a myriad of fronts.
Do Weeds Matter for Biodiversity?
By Naomi Bosch, Plentiful Lands
Weeds. A very negative-sounding word for many. However, weeds might not exactly be what we used to think they are. Let me take you on a walk in the countryside, observing fields of barley as we pass them by.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 18 Severine von Tscharner Fleming
By Vicki Robin, Severine von Tscharner Fleming, Resilience.org
Severine brings her influences and analogies from the agricultural space to “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
Farms for Tomorrow: Chris Marshall – Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Farm Co-op
By Jeremy Smith, Chris Marshall, Farms for Tomorrow
Chris Marshall describes why community is essential in sustainable agricultural enterprise and land stewardship and outlines the organizational structure that Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Cooperative Farms have used to safeguard the land while supporting farm operations.
The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe
By Max Paschall, Shelterwood Forest Farm blog
As we search for ways to remake the way we garden, farm, and live in a time of climate change, extreme inequality, and political disarray, looking back at the innovations of Europe’s hidden agroecological past can provide invaluable lessons on how we might collectively move forward.
Podcast from the Prairie: Respecting your Tools
By Robert Jensen, Wes Jackson, Podcast from the Prairie
In this episode, Jackson reflects on the importance of honoring the people and tools one works with, on the sweat and joy that comes in committing fully to a task, and the kind of work necessary if there is to be a sustainable future.
Coming back to life in Tharaka, Kenya
By Simon Mitambo, The Ecologist
This is our vision and our contribution to the transformations we need around the world. If we really want to survive on this planet, we have to take care of our own biodiversity. COVID-19 is a wake-up call about how we should live in harmony with Nature, as our ancestors in Tharaka once did.